#4E51CE#4E51CE

#4E51CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.189 H 276.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E51CE
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(239, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(239, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 36.59, -65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 74.79, 299.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.0207 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.189 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2213, 11.9594, 59.7814)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E51CE #CECB4E

analogous

#4E91CE #4E51CE #8B4ECE

triadic

#4E51CE #CE4E51 #51CE4E

tetradic

#4E51CE #CE4E91 #CECB4E #4ECE8B

square

#4E51CE #CE4E91 #CECB4E #4ECE8B

split-complementary

#4E51CE #CE8B4E #91CE4E

monochromatic

#23257F #3033AE #4E51CE #7E80DB #AEAFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#4E51CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#4E51CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E51CE

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E51CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E51CE	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e51ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.189 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d82de',
    500: '#4e51ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e51ce;
$custom-light: #8d82de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e51ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.594,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5075,
    "c": 0.18888,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E51CE

secondary

#D7D5A1

accent

#DC48E0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFB

border

#CCC9D4

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E51CE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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